Dublin eventually move through the gears to see off Westmeath in Leinster Hurling Championship

Goals from Donal Burke and Cian Boland proved crucial for Dublin who overcame an early wobble at Parnell Park to register their first win in the Leinster SHC.

Surprisingly held to a draw by Antrim last weekend, and four points down after a slow start this time, Micheál Donoghue could have been forgiven for being a little nervous on the Dublin sideline.

But prolific attacker Burke rode to the team's rescue again with a settling goal late in the first-half and 1-09 in total to keep their hopes of progression from the group alive.

That goal still separated the sides with 46 minutes played but Dublin drew on all their experience, and quality, to turn the screw from there, Boland's 52nd minute solo goal opening up an eight point lead at that stage.

Dublin had 10 different scorers in all including Alex Considine who came on and hit back to back scores in the eventual 12-point win.

Dublin will return to action at nearby Croke Park next Saturday for a Round 3 encounter with Wexford while Westmeath will host Galway in Mullingar the same day.

Westmeath manager Joe Fortune, the former Dublin U-21 boss, responded to last weekend's 22-point defeat to Kilkenny by changing almost a third of his Westmeath team for the trip to the capital.

Half-back Jack Galvin, midfielder Gary Greville and attackers Charlie McCormack and Niall Mitchell all came into the lineup.

Dublin, meanwhile, made just a single change with Ronan Hayes starting his first game of the year up front.

Hayes, sidelined for several weeks after a hamstring injury early in the National League, came on for Considine last weekend in Belfast and retained his position from the start here.

It was Westmeath that appeared to get the mix right initially, striding four points clear thanks to